Remember front porches?
Like bell-bottoms and vinyl records, they're making a comeback. Well, maybe not bell-bottoms - I really don't know for sure about those. I'm no fashionista.
But front porches - they're hot right now.
It seems people are tired of not knowing their neighbors. As new urbanists take hold of their neighborhoods and try to recapture the lost art of conversing with the neighbors and leaving their cars at home, front porches are back en vogue.
And it couldn't have come at a better time.
With the uncertainty surrounding almost all aspects of our daily lives today, it's good to know that you can still count on your neighbor and have an authentic conversation on your front porch.
Of course, here at DotLoop, we talk an awful lot about community, because we believe a house is more than just bricks, mortar, and copper wiring. Homes help build neighborhoods, cities, and lives.
And sometimes, it all starts with a porch.
MOOERS REALTY - Houlton, ME
Northern Maine Real Estate-Aroostook County Broker
They say there would be less problems if there were more open porches. Talking, no TV, a lemonade in hand as the sun sets and a grandchild asks gram or gramp, tell me again what my dad, mom were like as a kid my age. A sense of family, who we are, three generations under the roof of the old farm home. Good night Jim Bob.
Jul 27, 2010 04:24 AM
Autaugaville, AL
Some of the best memories of my mother-in-law (yes, we got a long great), were of sitting on the porch after supper on a warm summer's evening, tea in hand, talking about anything and everything.
If porches are to be popular again then people need to slow down, and keep regular work hours again.
Jul 27, 2010 04:29 AM
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